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Thursday, 2 August 2012

Dimensions Pt 2: Dimensional Solutions

People have asked why we cant see these
extra dimensions and while no one actually has a proven answer or
solution to this, but two very interesting concepts circulate around the
scientific community.

Make the dimension really really
small. So no one can actually see it. To make an example, would be
to imagine a long piece of wire or string. Looking up close to the
string you can see that it has 3 dimensions, XYZ (and obviously time
too), but when you look closer you can see that with the cable it is
actually going around the wire also. So you are not just looking at
the length of the wire but actually looking at the circumference of
sorts(in that there is a direction going around the wire, being a
circle), but from a distance you cannot see that, only the length of
the wire. But as you approach closer it becomes more apparent that
there is more to view then if you were further away. This is the
same approach to String Theory, where these extra dimensions are
kind of little packets which are so small, the only way to actually
see these dimensions would be to reach very high energies to
actually uncover the principles of such dimensions. (Reaching
Higher energies is like getting a clearer view)

When we look at existence we look
at it, in the 3 dimensions and the extra one of time. If there
really are extra dimensions out there, then we have absolutely no
idea how to escape the 4 that we exist in, we have no way
to view it or interact with it. You have to remember how we perceive
things in this universe, its thanks to the creation of light,
photons predominantly, which allow us to see anything in this world,
from the computer screen, our friends to our favourite T.V Show.
Being in these dimensions and their effects don't just apply to us
humans either, this applies to matter(Mass), light (Photons), electrons, sound(Waves). But there is one force of nature that may
have a shot at being able to leap into other dimensions. Gravity, one of the fundamental forces of nature and ironically the
one that we know very little about, so the chances of Gravity being
the one to do this, is likely. This in itself might be able to
explain why Gravity in itself is weaker than all the other
fundamental forces.

In all, extra dimensions is a very
abstract and somewhat unknown concept, merely hypothetical and
academic at this point. But perhaps with the proof of String Theory,
extra dimensions might make their way into general mathematics and
physical applications, forever changing the way we view the world.

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